Trunk or case



(No Model.)

S. HERMANN. TRUNK 0R GASE. No. 472,119. Patented Apr. 5, 1892.

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PATENT SAMUEL HERMANN, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO.

TRUNK OR CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 472,119, dated April 5, 1892.

Application filed October 12, 18971. Serial No. 408,401. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it' may concern.-

Beit known that I, SAMUEL HERMANN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Trunks or Cases; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others. skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in trunks or packing-cases.

The object of my invention is to produce a trunk or packing-case which will be light,

strong, and durable.

The invention consists in constructing the body of the trunk of veneer and aluminum in y the manner set forth.

Figure I is a front View of Va trunk. Fig. 2 is a top view of the body or box portion of the trunk, showing the veneer body and the aluminum cover. Fig. Sshows the manner of joining contiguous sections of veneer edgewise to form the walls of the box. Fig. 4 isa detail view in section showing the construction ofthe corners'of the trunk.

The same numbers refer to the same parts in different gures.

l is the aluminum cover; 2, the veneer body; 3, dovetailed tongues; 4, dovetailed gaps; 5, external strips of wood; 6, rivets, and 7 a corner angle-iron.

The top and bodyof the box portion of the trunk are made of two or more pieces of veneer placed against each other and a covering of sheet-aluminum. The walls of the vtrunk consist of two or more pieces of veneer,

each made up of separate sections or parts joined together along their edges by means of the tongues 3 and the gaps 4, the dovetailed joints o'n adjacent sections being placed so as not to come opposite, whereby more strength is afforded the veneer walls.

In making the sides and ends of the trunk the sections which form one part are pressed together laterally, and then the desired number of parts are placed against each other and secured together and to the aluminum cover by the same rivets 6, as shown in Figs. land 4. The aluminum sheets which form the exterior portion of Ythe trunk are made of the size of the sides and top. If desirable, the separate parts composed of the veneer sections may be glued together also. The same rivets 6 may be used to connect the several parts of veneer sections, the aluminum cover, and the external strips together. The aluminum cover for the walls of the trunk may be made of a continuous sheet bent rectangular and welded or soldered at the meeting corner and the veneer parts be introduced within it separately. Other forms of interlocking joints than dovetail may be used.

I claim- 4 l. In a trunk or case, the combination of a body made in separate sections of veneer joined at their contiguous edges by interlocking joints, an aluminum cover, and rivets passing through the Asaid parts and connecting them together, substantially7 asv set forth.

2. In a trunk or case, the combination of a body made of separate sectionsr of veneer joined at their contiguous edges by interlocking joints, an aluminum cover, angle-irons embracing the corners, and rivets securing all of the said parts together, substantially as set forth. L

3. In a trunk or case, the combination of a body made of separate sections of veneer joined at their contiguous edges by interlocking joints, an aluminum cover, strengtheningstrips on the exterior of the body, angle-irons embracing the corners exterior to the said strips, and rivets passed through all of the said parts, by which they are connected together, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I now affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL HERMANN. lVitnesses:

EDWARD P. ROBBINS, HENRY BAER, Jr. 

